Cites & Insights 16:1 (January 2016) available

It's an odds-and-ends issue, and what may be oddest of all is that it's still around...

The January 2016 Cites & Insights (16:1) is now available for downloading at http://citesandinsights.info/civ16i1.pdf

The two-column print-oriented issue is 26 pages long. If you're reading it online or on a tablet (or whatever), you might prefer the 51-page single-column 6x9" version at http://citesandinsights.info/civ16i1on.pdf

The issue includes:

The Front pp. 1-2

Starting the Volume: notes on the annual edition of Volume 15, The Gold OA Landscape 2011-2014, and "plans" for the year.

Intersections: PPPPredatory Article Counts: An Investigation pp. 2-10

The series of four blog posts, put together and slightly edited. Why I believe the numbers in a published study of "predatory" article volume are wrong and how they might have gotten that way--with the lagniappe of a first-cut study as to how often the lists of ppppredators actually makes a case.

Media: 50 Movie Gunslinger Classics, part 2 pp. 10-19

After a mere two years, here's the second half. Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, John Wayne, George Hayes (before and after his "Gabby" persona), Yakima Canutt and many others...

The Back pp. 19-26

This year's installment of The Low and the High of It, now including portable systems, with a mere 551 to 1 ratio between the cheapest and most expensive CD-only stereo system consisting entirely of Stereophile-recommended components (only 37 to 1 for all-Class-A components) and, wait for it, 1,224 to 1 between the cheapest and most expensive CD-and-LP stereo systems. Also a baker's dozen of other items.